1969–70 Vehicle & General Australasian knock-out competition
Administrator(s) | Australian Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket |
Tournament format(s) | knockout |
Champions | New Zealand (1st title) |
Participants | 7 |
Matches | 6 |
Attendance | 20,780 (3,463 per match) |
Most runs | Ross Collins (NSW) 98 runs |
The 1969–70 Vehicle & General Australasian knock-out competition was an List A tournament took place from November 1969 to January 1970. It was the first season of the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament. Seven teams representing six states in Australia and New Zealand took part in the competition in a knockout format. The competition began on 22 November 1969 when Victoria took on Tasmania at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
After five matches was played, the final took placed on 1 January 1970 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Victoria and New Zealand. After winning the toss, Victoria would be bowled out for 129 with New Zealand chasing the total down with six wickets to spare.
Format[]
The first season of the competition was a straight knockout competition between the six states of Australia and a team that represented New Zealand at domestic level.
First Round | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
22 November – Melbourne | ||||||||||
Victoria | 2/131 | |||||||||
30 December – Melbourne | ||||||||||
Tasmania | 130 | |||||||||
Victoria | 157 | |||||||||
30 November – Perth | ||||||||||
Western Australia | 59 | |||||||||
Western Australia | 8/188 | |||||||||
1 January – Melbourne | ||||||||||
South Australia | 187 | |||||||||
Victoria | 129 | |||||||||
7 December – Sydney | ||||||||||
New Zealand | 4/130 | |||||||||
New South Wales | 8/227 | |||||||||
30 December – Sydney | ||||||||||
Queensland | 195 | |||||||||
New South Wales | 150 | |||||||||
New Zealand | 6/153 | |||||||||
New Zealand | ||||||||||
BYE | ||||||||||
Fixtures[]
First round[]
30 November 1969
Scorecard |
South Australia
8/187 (40 overs) |
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Ian Brayshaw 58* (96)
Ken Cunningham 3/32 (8 overs) |
- No Toss
Semi-finals[]
30 December 1969
Scorecard |
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New Zealand
6/153 (33.4 overs) | |
- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
Final[]
See also[]
- 1969-70 Sheffield Shield season
References[]
External links[]
- Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament seasons
- Australian cricket seasons from 1945–46 to 1969–70
- Domestic cricket competitions in 1969–70
- 1970 in New Zealand cricket
- 1969 in New Zealand cricket